Q&A: Why Did God Create the World?
Why Did God Create the World?
Question
Hello,
I was thinking about the meaning of the creation of the world, and I came to the conclusion that I don’t really understand why the world was created. When I was a little girl, they explained to us that God was alone in the world and therefore wanted to create the angels and human beings. When I got a bit older, they told us that God wants to do good, and He needs human beings so that He has someone to bestow good upon and reward, and therefore He gave the Torah and the commandments. But looking at these reasons now, they still sound kind of immature and naive… So the real question is: why did God create the world in the first place? What’s the “concept” behind this whole story?
Answer
First of all, where does the presumption come from that we can understand why and for what purpose He created the world? “Shall the axe boast itself against the one who hews with it?!” But you can find a certain suggestion in Column 170.
Discussion on Answer
Wow, what an impressive jumble of words. If only the words and sentences connected into some coherent meaning, I’m sure some sublime wisdom would be revealed here.
Here, Dובי Zeltzer in his holy spirit composed this message: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FizBgH9w4Vc&pp=ygUY15XXkNeU15HXlCDXm9ecINeU15bXntef
What an arrogant and foolish answer you got, and I’m sorry for that, dear Jewish woman…. The truth is simple.
We do not know whether God exists.
Yes, we do understand with our reason that it cannot be that matter was created out of nothing, and whether it is God or something else, that something else is also the product of something prior to it, and therefore from a logical point of view at least, it is clear that there is something that is beyond the logic that is clear to human beings. By the way, this does not contradict the fact that God exists, but what created Him? I do not accept the saying that He always existed, since I cannot grasp that in my head, and yet I understand that I obviously cannot grasp with my mind everything that I do not understand, and from here comes the point of enjoying and philosophizing in thought about the unknown….. More important than faith and the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh) is basic decency, and if you would not wish for your son to marry a Chinese person or an Ethiopian, then humanity still has a long way to go before reaching any kind of perfection…. And indeed the sages of atheism would say that racism stems from survival, and indeed that fits with human psychology, but still one can remember Adam and Eve and the origin of all matter….. No person I know has a clear answer, but understand that the real concept is your happiness in your life, and not what is written in any book. Moses understood it this way too, when he observed nature and from it understood the whole world…….. A hint is to connect to nature and go out for a personal run that has nothing to do with your beloved family… only love.